About the test: Change in proficiency levels impacts scores

7:23 PM,
May 10, 2013

Written by

Cindy Hodgson
HTR Media

The Wisconsin Student Assessment System consists of the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination, taken by nearly all students in the designated grades, and the Wisconsin Alternate Assessments for Students with Disabilities, taken by a small percentage of students with severe cognitive disabilities.

Students in third through eighth grades as well as 10th grade take the WKCE each fall. In fourth, eighth and 10th grades, students are tested in reading, math, language arts, science and social studies. In the other grades, they are evaluated only in reading and math. They take the ...